Burning rubber?!!

[Adman]

Hey all,

I have noticed the smell of burning rubber when I exit my vehicle. I cannot pin point where the smell is coming from, but i think it is the rear of the vehicle somewhere. I have smelt it a few times in the past, but the last couple of days it has been very prominent and regular.

Any ideas? I am worried the thing is gonna konk out. I have checked the tyres and they don't seem to have any wear on them.

Cheers

Ad

[fourringsrus]

Hi Ad, just a long shot,but worth a look at the exhaust hanger/rubbers,if one has split and inexplicably twisted and jammed /got stuck against the system or something queer like this then you might smell burning rubber
Odd and quite unlikely but easy to check and cheap to sort
On a more serious note if you can't find the problem,get her into a garage ,obviously burning anything is unsafe
Good luck
Stuart

[bez101]

Hey all,

I have noticed the smell of burning rubber when I exit my vehicle. I cannot pin point where the smell is coming from, but i think it is the rear of the vehicle somewhere. I have smelt it a few times in the past, but the last couple of days it has been very prominent and regular.

Any ideas? I am worried the thing is gonna konk out. I have checked the tyres and they don't seem to have any wear on them.

Cheers

Ad
no idea on the burning smell
but id like to know where u got the tyres from
id love to have some that didnt wear

[sooty]

Hey all,

I have noticed the smell of burning rubber when I exit my vehicle. I cannot pin point where the smell is coming from, but i think it is the rear of the vehicle somewhere. I have smelt it a few times in the past, but the last couple of days it has been very prominent and regular.

Any ideas? I am worried the thing is gonna konk out. I have checked the tyres and they don't seem to have any wear on them.

Cheers

Ad

How is your driving style when you smell the burning?

I have had this issue with ALL cars I've owned in the past and it ONLY happens when I go to work... I work in Milton Keynes and it's full of round-abouts everywhere with a national speed limit so its hard breaking followed with heavy acceleration for a good 5 .
I don't get the smell that much with the Audi or the VW as they are both front wheel drive however the BMW's use to stink as they were rear wheel drive.


:confused:
Just a thought.

[skymaster]

I had this once... a carrier bag had stuck to my exhaust pipe and was melting onto it... I crawled under and pulled it off.... but what remained on there stank til it had all burned off..

[Adman]

Because of the smell my driving has been very sedate, so its not like i'm going like Schumacher everywhere. I have had it with previous cars when you give it some welly it does waft a bit when you get out - but not rubbery like this. I will have to get under it tomorrow and have a looksy to see if its something simple.

Thanks for your help guys - oh and Bez - if only!!

[sooty]

I had this once... a carrier bag had stuck to my exhaust pipe and was melting onto it... I crawled under and pulled it off.... but what remained on there stank til it had all burned off..

This is actually quite common!